West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-24
"DOCTORING OLD TINE
Striking Pfcture-A Revival of Old
Time Simplicities.

In one OF Harper's issues is given a very
fine Illustration Of Roberts's celebrated paint
ing, known as "DoctOring Old Time II
represents typical Old-timer with his bel
lows, blowing the dust from an ancient clock,
with It's cords and weights carefully secured
One OF these clocks in this generation is APP
preciated only a rare relic.
The suggestive name, "Doctoring Old
Time" brings to our mind another version
OIL the title, used for another purpOse-"Old
Thnr DoctOring."
We learn, through a reliable source, that
one OF the most enterprising proprietary
medicine firms Of the country, has been for
years investigating the formulas aud medical
preparations used in the beginning of this
century, and even before, with a view Of as
certaining why people I'm our great-grand-
fathers time enjoyed health and physical
vigor SO seldom found in the present genera
ton They now think they have secured the
secret or secrets They find that the prevail
ing opinion that then existed, that Mature
has remedy for every existing disorder
was true, aud acting under this belief, our
grandparents used the common herbs and
plants Continual trespass upon the forest
domain has made these herbs less abundant
and has driven them further from civilian
ton, until they have been discarded "a RENE
dial agents because Of the difficulty of oh
tanning them.
H. II. Warner, proprietor OF Warmers
safe cure, AMI founder of the Warner OBJ
seryatory. Rochester, n. Y, has been press
Ing Investigations IN tnlS direction, into the
annals of old family histories, until he has
secured some very valuable formulas. from
which his firm is now preparing medicines,
10 be sold by all druggists
They will, we learn be known under the
general title OF Warmers Log Cabin Rene
dies Among these medicines will be a
"S3rsap1rilla,h for the blood and liver. Log
Cabin Hops and Buchu Remedy for the
stomach, etc, log Cabin Cough and Con
sumption Remedy "a remedy called Scalp
ine,n for tho hair, LOG Cabin Extract for
internal and external u.s. and an old valu-
able discovery for Catarrh, called LOG Cabin
Rose Cream" Among the list is also a Log
Cabin Plaster" and a Log Cabin Liver
Pill
From the number OF remedies, it will be
seen that they do not propose TO cure all
diseases with one preparation. 10 is believed
by many that with these remedies n new era
Is TO draw upon suffering humanity, and that
the close Of the nineteenth century will yee
these roots AMI herbs, compounded under
the title OF Warmers Log Cabin Remedies, as
popular ms they we're At it's beginning. Al
though they come i'm the form of proprietary
medicine, yet they will be none the less wei
come, for suffering humanity has become
tired OF modem doctorinR and the public has
great confidence In any remedies put up by
the firm OF which IL. II. Warner is the head
The people have become suspicious of the
effects Of doctoring with poisonous drugs.
Few realize the injurious effects following the
prescriptions of many modern physicians
These effects OF poisonous drugs. already
prom nent, will become more pronounced i'm
coming generations. Therefore, we can cor
daily wish the old-fashioned new remedies
the best of success